CZ
.of that clam., whoi.e prolits.are largely depen-, - fealty and aid. .Timei; should receive a gen
.
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. ~,,,!; unsettled claims
. recently adjusted by the own- ~Troastir. y .
r frons the
. Coltileh r il , l. read.. were ,
... . 71, - ,nis sa mers it pointed underthe act ot last so , - CO ! ) (1 ; exi`ou'lltureg * O - 8 ." I l' 14 ) t t ills dale tilmit the introductien into the State of -c r ew, s hare of the !woe' factions of the State.
-4.- ' s • slab a eurreniey. In inane instatiees the
on the. aterti division t,f camil, freer C„Loom
slue . fur relavin , the south truck of the .0- Agriculture, in 'its varied - departments is
I. ..4 ' r "
Toga Honorable the Spenal,*,e44.4endlieo , '
, 1 1 ),pbiit. railroad ; for 'enlarg,itee the Delaw Fe hi a Itirillte Junction, 5:U1 4 .1,718, 36 e, expeedi e mites ef nor own leiekteare eolleeted by p*'' i ' ' ' ' ftheC I''
re , 'the yecat interest() umnioniverilt E. It
0 / the Helm of Rep*atiiiiifeee , 4 Me •- - . i A •
e e l s o n oi the canal, -and for other per loses; ! tures. 4 563,044 :Al ; Teeeiptiefrow -flee Junction ' VAte barikerii and brekers e end with these 0 -- h basis alikel financesl • Icommercial
.. , r e Js,t e
Gc•teral- Assentor* : "-ii), 1 , - , i ,
Figttow CITIZE,NS ;-Ia tilaidimiceto the‘ raorilinary il i atele i on Let was. ,el Pittshure including die Portiere railread w ith ree
These ext h _ t , '
een 1 ip I :
___,.. _ _ e t .: ,
... , 4 ,, e _ , , , - specie seithrlrewn from the hanks Li." success, and of State ;tad Nntional prosperity.,
lams of th i s : t o mo 4 paith _, , , In Wive ,eeaseii; or will soon testae, with the ..5 . , ,` , t ti , ,T.71 , 3 !_ill,: orarary . eepenetteires, e,
,1304,- seiag there, , they purchase elepeeeiated and An' intere,seso important should he fostered
Constitution and
thol o rge , t, ~
ittpar !,-enceerisity,o , l,l:at oreft : ted there;' anti ant le ice t. 102; -, ,,i ... E . •• ffitt . tota . receipts o r i . the na t ip line foreign btink paper %011i' is paid Out at par by the tic rtes, and honored by all classes of So
you have assenthled p, 4.0 212 Se ; tieitrepte Ise teaditurert • at, eh • ••• •
' stilblarger portion if the reVflttes to ho',"nle -, ‘vere- e„, e . ~ , . I'
~, , , e t re eeen t r e e B„ . y , ethers large loans - mei'. To i'tsi - pmtuotirm and sue e ess all sheuid
taut and responsible ulies diet devdlve upoi. , (excluding eeel ,000 00 paid for re-laying 'file ai! negotiated with banks out of tl be
you. To protect the rights and privileees o f ' plied in PaYment of the . public debt. ie • tate, cheerfully ;contribute. mu a, fernier cointnu
ill eoMination of the 6baneial eon- (south track of the Cidumbia railroad, an + l t. at less hen theusual rate of interes t,
the people, advance hair interests, mid pro- i A t' all ' i ~ . sts‘i no 4o fur r .• 1 powerin lKt• ard nication I rectnimmended the establishment of
mote 'the Welfttre and Prosperity of the. State i t dition a th e i,martionwealth.--lier sources of 1 „o, , . nt mus ,. 4 - , their n,r,tp,,m, , often of a less denoinination aim :Agricultural hire - att. in connection with
,shotiktha the 'dint and end eif all your legisla! 1 revenue and the probable f", t " te ."'P e ," (ll ",' r ."._''' , l ter December lat ltloil,) were $855,835 tis, ' than - five dollars, anti always at a discount, so m e one. of the State Departments, to . give
win be .! has Inspired the hope is not ow 1 ',eine an exeess of revenue over ordinary .ex- ; brought ' into the and 'int it ti •
that rho - effieiency to time collectio-n and diffusion of use
tien._ , In tie, diache,rge of w' duties, it
distant when the public debt %rill befully paid, t penal tures of ....1-44,40 4 ...1 , ti 4
CI ; AAA in in the Dimmer indicated, and this, e e l k no wl e dge on this subject, and to encour
apleasere to iseuperate with lola in t4e ,ac- i ~ , „
1 Althouoli, the recei its from Delftware, fist, a d
, ~. , ~
,i and WI% without Inertia:sine , the subjects or ra, ,
division
a,
less .. _I , the a 11 er an agreement with the bank mak- nee scientific and practical agrieultitre.
comp .
lishmout of these obieeta, • It has already h et et shown; i , are . „ than those of, the previous I ing theloan. that the notes thus paid out shall, Science, with wondrous citergv, has aided the
The past )•oar has besin are a tinnanaf t ti°:9c'ta)4C":"l
- time revehucs oftlic pait year exeeeded the ,
.year, yet the general result of it i s ,n1)(1r$1.6111A be kept in eireimlation. l ;
'2•l^ effect of this sr- hushandinan in, his honorable vocation, and
prosperity. The beauties of a kind rrovi- expenditures 01 , 0 million two bun, ,is eatisfanter , e. The net revenue at the Trea- ; tent of private banking-has been to limit the proffers s till more help. 'rho State should
attee have not been withheld from am Com- : "Pdf"" ry exPe
droll and sixty-five thousand nintay=five dollars , eury was $2.14,095 40. Its inennekeittent has i eirettlatiori of the par papertif our ounehutikg, nerve his arm and cheer him onward in this,
ratifiviealtb. , 'A plenteous harvest has reward -The estimated • receipts t been , thartieterized by a degree, ot eenneiny., and substitute in its place a foreign, deprccbt- the first and mildest pursuit of main This
ettettiti•ltthar of thelailabantiman: - Honorable efkledectlleeei3e, cents.
atilt expenditures fin* the eurreut - year, tvbicly '1 toceeeldom penetieedein Rol" of the Brits of I. ted ,. and often newerthlese currency, hills- subject, in eenneetioe with. an appropriation
industry, in all its departments, „luta been en- i.
‘ll, the report or the l tear improvements. flee to the bank, trust and insurance compa- to the trn Ilio•h School of Peims I -
y 1. a--
. eouraged. No- Atnancial embarrassments e- f will be P relinte4l° y ou 1 . , 1 .„ , •
this „ ,
• • Leads
ant division r 1)e to • ,
State Teeasuret, show that the excess of re- „ However import , may . nits, paying a annual fax to the Cow. nia"---ait. inatitutiotulestixied..to be au honor
no Commercial dist ress--uo nelitioal or social ditures inn reste't the trade anit'husinese of that p ortion of the monive It! f ur tl • riv I , e A
cleipts, aver ordinary expea .
~. , y - , ,
its , .
~ , a 1 mull
_i i,,...e. , ,and for the to_ time Coitimonwearill-is recommended to
ilia have iaterraittedtha progress, or Cheli
e , , _
the ,surma c•f Gee feel 4- half rtulito,u of doDars. : State, propasad mil a rgeme,nt, should not lie protection of thepeople against these evils, your honorable, consideration. •
- etlihe'ettereies of the people., •Thie greet Ire
e• Sic demanded bv reason of
Th nHe , eN timates, although approximations, undertaken; tilde , , , • , s • either the provinione of the thirtieth Section- • The ol)olvteeltnieemmilegeof Pennseleania;”
, twets. of ,etitteatitut, maralitY, and yeligion '
w ill eatebe tar fietin. the-true result.. /Wowing, over-Muting neeeseity• The experience of-the ' ofthe act of IS4O, should he repealed, or fur- established' by the eitterprix.e and liberality
have been cherished and sustalned, -ioahl: k fonr - handred thousrind dollars for fme- past, as confiecttel with the Aileehene Port- ' thew extended so as to embrace mrivate'indi
-1 , - . of some of the patriotic citizens of Philadel
-644 ' ace " 36th. %I/6r ' ' Attt ' Adar t t W e?"1- 1 8 ' t i e"' l • •d* 1 ~ ‘railroad,Ml the 'North Ilr• t 41extension, ji 1 I ' and ' •
a ,extrann. eiaryeepea wires-am, tattler a a,,e a ,, ; t
(~ e le, i •91111/-4 misaomatmons, who may maimpplize • Wahl., us a school of the applied sciences, de
lave been ours, To liter "who enleithe . a•
enemy in en probable cumin should altrirtts agam ns itti lertaking, without ; and control, to the de
tenteut of the public, serves honorable mention, and should receive )
tions by :his' power, and froze whew:Cantrell wisee s Y s " liliu C ' f ee
(eta they oxecell that suin-we will great caution, any new mettetire of improve- traffic in le reciated lan • er 'it! .
t , , . „,
~..„, this . t p , ).. lc , pal) ~ 31 unit the confidence and patronage of the public.
, down every goad aud perfeet gift,” are, we in , g e "PY • • er "• e '•
have at least one indium of dollurs to air. meta which
tthlt +train the ireasury •witn- ) restraint and without taxatu • In the teachingsof this institution. literature,
----dehted eery
mercies,' and to Him should ~, •..,be .; ~ „.„ • • • ~„ ~. . in.
retteu• oneuall • for the nivinent of the out anntivi Innterialrc, if at ail, the piddle in- The report atilt , ' Sil V' il tPOSII.II (
prop . . ) I , . ,
~ , - „ ~ ,
~
,- • p e i , ,t A' turn- science and art, in'happy union, meet to pre-
Ile given the imantee of our devorit gratitude
0 publiedele.. With the rapid developcittent of, t Ken in good order b eeffieteitt end iron Schools willexhibit t ) e
ere,sts.. ef
~,, t y 4 i you the number pare eur youne, men for the . practieitl business
- and raise. , lis itei ee f lineit will be foil •.• (e mil conditionof -.
,
- . The •Ematiciel' eonditien 'of the vorotoore , i the wealth 'mid resources of time c oranionwes ,da, ti wel l y repit . ,
„. ,
t y , _ , . I „I . anti A - the schoofs-the nuniher of of life,' for mining, mechanical and Civil efigi
. .wealth is' highly satiafactory. Every demand -the increase population-of the value o r to a 1 the, mom d..s o its ., tat I !end eisieetee 'teachers and scholars, and- the 'general opera- neering, and for promoting intelligently
The Onstage railroad Is net fully completed. .tiona of the system during the past year. To 'and efficieetltheinterests - '
y great of maim
'upon the N r e aeury , itae,iteen promptly
it iiiiiiitioirti tt »th rinthat may vet be
Te operation property of every:description, the tort:mins, A ama- r .. lTr ri . _. i ~. . ,
..: the valuable statistical information of the ye- faeturing and agricultural industry.
paid, without the std ofloans.
must and will continue teincrenv• This mil.. require.l to complete,' for the fourth t . nne, thi: !iort,
.nrol time useful suggestione'for the un- . The laws on the statute book re.rulatinc ,
of this depa tment will he exhibited in detail '
t „
. - }rural and necessary increase of -revenue will road. It is mix tously hoped that this,unpro- provement of the sot;:steitt, I invite your enrly - m rs. - • i ' ' ' r. • '''
mitimm.acatruis , and unprovement companies,
ill the report of the State Tieasurer. •,
Se' its nor- anti
i ' ln mrovernent ma soon eea
deficiency and every dctliati+l up - dtic.ive 1 1 . . y , •-. intelligentconsieuation... require revision. They are unnecessarily
For the fiscal year endine November 30, 1;u111/1 Y ever y
;on the Treasury. that 1411 - within this range of infinite denthe fEvery F r ,
ands upon series~'. . .
.mm a small and cemparatively unimpor- stringout, in many of their provisions, and
1856,-the .receipt ts at the T, Airy (including
i , probabilit; If, then, the sum of ace pillion year's experitomeo more clearly reveals the no- taut
. ineitient of time So t to D e p a , r o nen t, tile thus defeat the oldect of their enactment.
the balancoia the Treaaary on the first dayof- r
Deeeiaber, 1855 0f51,243,697 33),have been
) { dollars he w nppropriated annually its liquidation policy . of the State in . undertaking this-- . work:- care and titimagesiteut f 1
0 - tte Public solo"{ , of Tiles/ driv e capital front the Statejustead of
It r ives me no ordinary pleasure to mewl)! the Corillllollwealtb, with their seventeen bon
er thirt debt, and the aceriling ;
atterest on , time inviting its investment here t and instead of
46,621, 937 64. - The total expenditures for,
sums paid to be applied iil the wanner or a von that time North Branch e> torsion +,f th e d r ,,d di...,a r i et ,,, ti n) thousand directors, twel VP encouraging i»dividual and associated enter
the same period were $5,377,132 2Cle • Balance
sinking fund, thee sittire indebtedmes of the PettngYl'valtilt,eallni ha!'ilmen Po far comp lett!` l , thousand t ea chers, no d over li ve headset}
prise and ermer , v in time development of our
ill the Treasury December l f /856, $1,2•14e
795 42. ' ,- e • ” Commonwealth will be exting.uislid ie less Hutt boats freighted with coal and other pro- tlenisand scholars, have beemi the most int por- ;•am - itemise remind resources, they hind and
than twenty-three years. - Iftfiese premises are dress, were successfully passiel .through its tare :bird laborite's branch of that Dee:menu - mt. crush both by severe restrictions, unwise lint
'Excluding 'the balance in the ,Treasury on entire length from I ittstoa to time dinictie , ii Time int:remised amid inereasing, business If the
correct-and their correctness can only be inn-itntionm mind personal liabilities. The subject
the..firat of December, 1855, t t he recce to from
paired - by unwise legislatioo, or the imprudetit --su sp ended ;
'.'his work was Calrlifietlee(( it: IS.lfi system has hetet tact by a eorrespondent itt- deserve:s c areful attentioo and liberal legisla
all `sources, were : $5,378,240, 33. The 'mains- , in 1841-reimmed in 18-I,t, and crease or %Mal, labor and efficiestey in time ofn- li o n. -
management of our finances-the truth of time
reexpeuditurea forahe same period were $4
113,144 77 showine an e f P ' 4.
. XCe154.0 receipts oy- proposition is susceptible of the clearest. dent- i finished in 18.16 ; althoutrh its completion was cers to whom the law has cm»innitted its gen, I have so frequently expressettinv views in
i in Ites3 It extmailefrom .urn{ air -he• DI ' I , V •u•
officially allrlMlneeti , , „ „ L G t iit I :slip .r 7, mu,
er ordinary expenditures of $1,264,093' 56, ontstration. Assuming the public debt on the They should relation -to local, special and •boninibus" 'leg
first day of December, it :iti, to be, in roumumi , l'lttstoit to the New York State line, a dist alive I
-me sustained by 1ri:44.! anti -_ , ;eIIOII.FUN legislation. islatiott, that their reiteration now becomes -
- The-extraordinary payments for4he same , r of m mb.mut ninety-tier miles,following the valley Time magrmitiore: n I importaucc of the system,
•
year; were $1,263;997 45, us folloultevie :-. iitimbereefortv taiilintis five hatelred thielsand • , nutteeessarV. . I,egislation, so far as practita . -
Susquehanna to* Atiummisotimil unarms -1 •,,,
al- ..8 pOlitiCal. ,oriel and moral relations to
dollars, and diet mit.the end of cacti fiscal year ; . fir the ble, should he gt neral and uniforin . Local
To the completioh of the Portage railroad, and
one million dollars, with the miceraier , interests along the (Moonily; river to the State line. the present and future ere C 4 C the people, require a nd s p ec i a l l e m.l,l,dion, ' w h en th e n t t j ee t de
for the payment. of debte previously eontracteil where , it joins the e•Jure.tioil eau:it." anti is that this shoelml be done, The guardianship s i re d can
on that work, $181,494 ,11 ; to
nt h e North On former, pigments, will be pait, unerring he seetired by general laws, or by
Branch extension,;sl22,723 6; toere-la the etextilation will determine the result to lie Its i thus connected 'With - the New York improve- of rile mind ill the State should occupy it dis- the server of the courts, should be avoided...-.
before indicated. Thes. before time expiration I meets,," . - ,! tinet and }anon - meta Oleo among the noble .40„i n ii i; 1 ;
ons . me;-,, , ,5,at.0n" cannot under any cir
south track Of the Columbia railroad,,s267, - the importimee and value of this improve- i os tit a ti„,,,, o f +1 r
the •S'onimonwealtli. It should
003 ,00 ; for , motive powerin 1455, $11f3,049- of' the year 1879, Penn:livable may stand re- l conistanees, be justified or approved. Too
! merit eammot easily be over-estimated. 'Pas
deemed from the oppression of her public dela, `receive the eiliejeur 3 ; 4 earl enou'lllpsemellt of mue.l,4 leo•i:ilation is en evil that prevails es
-42; to enlarge the 'Delaware Ilivisioa, of :the'
andlier, people he -released ti.,,„, it t „ xat i mi ing through one of the richest mini - will and time goveri nt qit c atid he sustained I),V a virtu- tensi rely in legislative hails. Its avoidance
Pennaylvania canal, $1,',1,960.. 00 ;for-general migrietiltural portions lif O w ;Nu l ty , * it otlev.s to oils and intelligent people.. It' the revenue would not be injurious to public or privet];
repairs -in 1853-'54-'65, $63,965, 11; te,doe irepese4l_ to meet it accruing iiitereAt„ an d t o
Va.,01,i11. lirtllllll.t'S.of that ;mi l
. tr ea -s u re s of the Sillt('-hor public illl , i fit o re :t g .
inestie -creditors - $151'63; to old, ,elaiMs en
, maintain the faith and er e ilit o f th e c ommon . ' the *intim:llse and . 1 I
„. , ~, ) • re , rloll a s•t i ro am! (lien mtransit to the markets )reventents-lie- en mid her titles, r'l * •
the main line,.examinedby the commie:seaters; '''''"''' l •• ' These views are not, utepirite by . ,5.,,, ,
York, _ , , 1
wild
~,.
~ ~ , , I . . hurls t !um The practice of (Haying tle passage nf the
and pakrunder the - act:of May , 22, 1556, S• 130 ipracticing stria ecouonirin all departments of Ater~ ~ Es ' uf '" l ,"T". 1 11 " 1 " , t'llonn• mid desert , the marked anddistinctive care , roncral appropriation hill until the la: t 'days
in tile eon, of this canal the difficulties of the ;eget-imitate liew lunch more should -
:42 .09.; - to the redemption- of loans. fk127,82 , :f I of' 112,-g°verniuent , --.avoiding extravagant ex-of the session, and ini•orporsilina in it plnvi
to 110 oVercilnie, Wit( thy' l a b or to ii i ' petliirtli- h er j p• il t a l and intellectual treasures, richer
47'-fand relief notes caecelled,•s3B,2l4 ee I' plene t eure--7refusing to minthireike, .ally eewshoat incompatible with its general character,
eft, were gru nt, Both these. to mi great vet ent. than eidd -the social ,Taal moral improvemeet
The interest on the•funded debt which fill l schemes of immternal ;
.utpt*oveinetit, and holdiow and obnoxious, when stantiii7g, alone. to insur
aci..,),,nta'bility- the rece i v i ng 4 ,5 ilaK_F:• , 1 &en m ieco „ mplisheml under the i-ittpi . .,:iii- o f l er p 4. 1 h., more Yaltlitblo than canals ,and menet:t el e „er eee i n e s. Is highly emeemeele
'edueier Fehrttary and August' htet, iota then ) f 6 a 'ri g' ill
disbursing, agents
. of the State, their realize, , t el. ,' eic y of It in. N. Mallet, Esq., to wnitir . etilii:e s--the t' the , of her y . leitli te thel/outel- I an d ,4/, 4 , 44 1d lie discontinued. rime attc:mpt
paid, end that ivhiclebeerraes due:ln-Vehruary ' this work was assigned. lies fields of knowledge, higher fleet any of v . i. a speine; I : I egis alive
!thins wad •to f0r,,e.1 - I • I •
.' next, will be ht 'et h
pre- . -t - ' et; ital.'p ro m p Waste, out I then - ittay.he autteipeted well eonfelence. - , •„ , ,
This catnit •iltleatprh rotittiletou atm oemre ele ii or qu ith ir r w Th,r 4
i Mlle. again call the attention or the - .1, , igi,4- . i i - , , . i ~t, o i ~ nit of it, 11WilerShiPs : ieeeelcinain.- the passage of ebieetionahle
ef available-means now.iin the Treaseryee The he chise- of eavieatimi lists( tin- the air (Ise 1 1
e,•idit an 11 mumble i i,sitit m 1 , d • cure 1 .••
lature to a subject referred to'in my lust annual rt , • • . ,-. ' ~ ,i •P . , , , • I • •-• „ , :. ► " recei ve 3 , 1110:1S111*(!:4 through the Le. , islatere,'anti Com
, puectuality with which_the interest on:the' pule ' of transportation, is not perteet. ' Nil K' 4 111 till' awl iiiit eemitimisitrate ivali their ..-reater Val 1 IAI :
- ri --"' - - - per weir' sinintiou by the Ex , .. wive., hits been
lie debt -has been paid, and the. ability of the !message; in the.timilowiimg terms:
bottom front time nett - woof the 1'1,111186,in and ue and
Treasury. to meet all , legitimete de mend s „upon "By the abirty-eighth-sectitm of the act of
),,, , ,
r. „ ~ , -,, , 4 ,
~ ' '
ItOII If On S11000` . ; nit Ihe p•o-tiee cannot be
- iti-hare inspired-publie confidence in our-Seim- ' the ltith of April. Iti4s,' entitled 'An Act to, i .:4(.11'• 'sillies l'rom to-c- The Comitv Su )(Tint .711 ' , TIP • wherever it I
i 'eaten wnt ui it-passes„
.. , _ .
s, m i d hrearlic:- way oireitr. tint these, alto!. '. I • t 1 ( .1. ' toe strongly Condemned ;it cannot receive my
has betel reinitiated to faithful and efle.ielit ' - •
, provide for the oriliimary expenses' of Govern- 1"' 'l, ritie% and contributed largely.toestablieh 'mid ) years of well applled labor, will he if- men, h,, Fully viridivob.d the wizokni aunt 1 .1-
i went, the repair of the cauals and railroads of I 8 rely
- suetain the credit of the Commonwealth. , .
e• - stud other ellibe- ' the (' i unti kiwi', and by Vip,-iltinee awl caret entirely icy of that measure. It is o , but sitri'l "
.'
The , Commissioners' of the Sinking Fund
report thwsuni of $722,-13 t 93 as due by the
Treasury to 'that fund ;Thisarnoutit, will bo .
applied to the redemption of :relief notes now
in, circulation, and to the payment of the fund.
ed debt. Heretofore the available means in
- the.. Treasuryhave been applied, to some ex
-,lent, in payment. of ontstamling teisperary
loads, which bear au annual. interest of six .
• per Contum 4it being deemed , advisable as a
matter of economy
,to pay those loans, rather
than the fundeddebt l which beersa much less
rateorinterest. ' :It is expected that the bal.
ante orthe temporary loans will be paid before
the close of the current year; aid' the operation
of the Siekinglund resamedand continued ,as
directed by - .
-; The 'fended and unfunded del,t,or the State,
including. temporary loans,..oa the first day of
11seernter.' 1855, as per reports of tho Auditor
Greer al and State Trasurer, was us follows:
vosmva) DEBT..
$516054 9:1
4800;3,445 0-1- '
588,200, 00 • '
100,000 00 •
; per cent. loan
- 5- do
4? do •
4 'do do
Total funded debt
EN FAIN Di.D DEBT.
Relief notes in circa•
ff=
Interest , cerbificatee
outstanding
Domestic creditors
Balance of temporary
loan, April 10,1.85:1525,000 00
MAIM+ ce or temporary
loan, May 9, 1854 346,000 00
Total unfunded debt
bet. 1, 1855
The funded and unfunded debt at the close
of the last fiscal year, December 1, , ,1636, was
a. 4 follows, viz :
6 per cebt. loan
5 do
4f do do
4 do do
Total funded debt
' 1:11; ?V !MED DEBT, - VIZ
Relief notes in cir-
• ciliation < •
Interest certificates
ontstending
interest certificates
unclaimed'
Domestic creditors
Balance of temporary ' •
loan, `April 19,1853.400,000'40
B;:lance , of temporary
• .- 1645. Sfm,' 9,1854 154,000 00
Totat-uniatided dent
I.'otal - tiel r d, Dee, 1, 1856
'-"Total debt 1,,1R:15'
r do I, 1836
- 7 : . -.l3etieatk, 1.
It thus appears that dating the past fise.tl
yeatthe'Snco of three--hundred - u& t sixty.six
, thothand One. hundred• and fifty' ..ight dollars
land had,heetii. tits
diatiot. of I.l* Itulatie debt. This...taken in con
nection: with 'the:fact, that dtirifils 'leaned
-ding NoVclalier "la, six•-huudred.' fuid
thirty thonsand six Isandred and ..tine :dollars
and txo c'ents'wera•paid , ou the same sectiunt,
.41xhibits.the gratifring fact. that -the proecci
of reducing-Ike - pufilie- debt has col nmenethl ;
and, unlasi chocked by reckless atieteattage
merit and extravapnt expeuditare; must -Att.
thane until the people and the Comthonwealtil
are relieved from the debt and taxation with
which they are burdened. In addition to tilt^
reduction of the public debt, large approt•et4.-
{luusamd payments were mach for the uo
tioa of the gartage railroad and fur debut } ;t.Q.
vioisly vow:acted on that work ; for old awl
$39,901,199 91
29,157 25
1,264' 00
1,160,194 25
41,067,994 22
$511,781 00
38,866,994 50
:188,290 00
100,000 00
$39,8q6,975 50
39,866,975 59
$220,5%6 00 ~
24,691.37.
4,448 38
1464 AO
834i859 rS
49,70).835 :, r
$l.l ;
14(1,701.'1.":15 .25
.;.
, 31140.58 _ 97
the State. and other elnittot upon ,Anutnon
wealtl.4'. the Governor was authorizel to cause
certificates of State stuck to he issued to all
persons or bodies corporate holding certificates
for the payment, of interest on the funded debt
'of the State, which fell,due on the first day of
August, 1H42; the first days of Vehruary and
August, and the first days of Fehruary
and August. 181.1, in an amount equal to the
amount of certificates so held upon their de
livering up said emtificates to the Auditor
Generrl. In pursuance of the itnthu>=ity thus
given, certificates of State stock to the au omit.
of four millions one lualred and five tio u sa u d,
one hundred - and fifty dollars and twenty emits,
hearing interest at the rate of five, per cent.
per annum, payable semi-annually, on the first
days of February and August in each year,
and redeemable un or after the first day ot Au
gust, I Sss_ wore issued. The minimum period
fixed by, law for the redemption of. these cer
tificates, expired on the first day of Angust,
1855, No provision has been made for their
renewal or redemption.
"Although to; the terms of the act authori
zing these, certificates of State stork,, as also
by 'the conditions of the certificates issued in
pursuance thereof, the - time of payment, after
the expiration of the minimum period, is op
tional with the debtor,' the Commonwealth, vet
the ered it of_t e State, requires
prevented. , •
This improvement, tittlinntrh' subject t o th e
rivalry if eompetilig railroads, if kept in good
condition, under proper Management, kill re
•eeive its full Stlll-re of (Tat and other
It is netleilfilted that the revenues, for the
current year,, will eipial, if not exceed the ex
penditures; iiiiikinereasito4 with the fit ilities
aliiirthl, and the rapid ibwolopilient of trade,
will. instead of its heretofore :unceasing de
mands upon' the 'l reasury. take precedence iu
revenue voce arty canal in the t'ononottwoulth.
En relation to the prcp,•iety and policy it
the wale or the lice 111 " tau • puhrm iin
provetnents.niv opinion has not eliangel',
14:very rousideration of piihlit• policy, of pie -
eta arid future interest, requires the. separa
tion of the Stato from the management and
control of tlit'Se \vi,yks. on
that portion of the line, between the dam-thin
and l'ittshin.•••, largely exceed the reVellne' 4 ,
the e'SeeSSI annually not less than
one hundred inid fifty thousand dollars : and
valises aro in vonstalit operation that NN't 11
Mull` I v. This con ti mod
drain 11poli the r . rlTll 4 llry, tIVSISSI all% at work,
so unpr o ductive, should at once be i•lieckeil.
A sale of the main line, for it Mir emisidera
, tion. and upon terms just and liberal to the
; porcine ers, is the proper remedy. Snell sale,
77ff - terms aurply prote-tice of tiie-rights awl
' interests of_ the people, can, by proper legis
lation, he effected. In connek-tion with the
payment ad' the public debt, this question be
comes deeply important. The sale would con
stitute it new era in the financial history of'
the State, and assure a still inure speedy re
duction of the public debt; than that to which
selerence hi t s boonmade. The subject is
, earnestly commended to your favoralde con
kideration.
I The subject of 1 alliks and banking capital
in its relations to the ettrrencv —tlit• general
,
• interests of triote and vonititeree and 'th e in
dustrial pursuits of the citizen, deserve your
careful attention: My views expressed in a
former communiration remain nnehanged.—
The iiteorportit ion of newoir the re-charter of
old and solvent banks, when actually neves
sary. and demanded by the:wants of legitimate
trade in the eotnitiutiity whore located. should
be favored; tinder no other ciremnstanees
should either lie permitted., in the t•reation
of banks, the interests of the State and pc iple
should be consulted, and a just iliserinninition
as to number, locality and the demands of
trade be exercised.
The rapid increase of population, the im
portance and value of our home and fin ri n
commeri•e, the constant development of the
material wealth of the State, the extent of our
manufacturing, mechanieal and agricultural
industry, the flirt that the State is flooded by
a doprt•ciated currency introduced by private
bankers and brokers, might justify, muter the
restrictions and limitations indieated. a
jtt
tlicious increase of banking capital a ithin our
Commonwealth. This, whilst it would aid
the operatious apt trade, and supply the real
business wants of the people, would, :it the
same that., remedy, to some extent, the evils ,
vd a Ile,pre,•inted ila-Eci , a and, illegal carrency.
Ily the act approved the Cyth day of Vivem
bor last, the thirtieth sect inn of" the act of!
15it,..regula-ting batiks, will be, after the first
day of•felv next, extended to all incorporated
•totaine.- fund. truct and insuratwe, companies.
That section doelares "that it shall not be
lawful . for -- ariy:ll the sill I banks to issue or_
pay• out rtny'hank : notes other than those is
stied by itself, nr.yahle on demand in gold or
silver ;" notes of specie paying luink.s of this
State which arc taken on deposit or in Par
mi•iit of tleirts,'at par -at counter of the
l;;uik-wltert 1c lTou,t . :•or notes of banks issued
tinder the authority of the net of the 4th of
May. 1841, at the option of the person receiv••
Total receipt.; " - 17311t11 15 IT imy the same."
The extraordinary payments (hiring These eme.tinents were intended to protect
year, urnou itoil to 5i4),..4,5',12 ; ordina4 ex- the communit y against the OA °f at depre-
Penil; + "res,:.•.;l,l:ls.oo On: net revenue, (es.- ciate , l currency, and preAent its intr4sl action
clad no,T, 'ltrwirilinary pay:Re:Fits and fir ma- from other States. However %cell intended,
the i 1,0 l fl(), • they will fail to '-ensure' 0 1,•e e t s ,
Oa tile lawn 'me the tells rc,:ei'vc.l it th. - 2 c4l: , ru . t.e ate liank..ss othcss
that pr:wision shoald be tondo for their renew
'al or redemption. •To reticent these certifi
cates, a loan would become neeessarr, and as
a loan cannot be effected, in the present liattn
eial condition of the country, on terms more
lit orable to the State than those on which
thew. certificates were issued, I would recom
mend that authority he given to • issue the
bonds of the Commonwealth in renewal of said
certificate's bearing interest at the rate of five
___.
per 'vent. per annum, Payable semilvotually,
and redeemable on or after the expiration of
twenty yoars ; and that the bonds be issued
with, coupons or cerificates of interest attach
i ed, in stnns ectu Ai ia amount to the. setniannu
al interest thereon, payable on the first dayu of
February and ..k tigust in each and year. at such
place as may be designated. 'ibis change in
the form and chaructei of the certificates, it
is believed, will be so advantageous to the
holders, without increasing the liabilities of
the Commonwealth, as to induce a willing and
, prontin exchange, at n'pretnitau for the bonds
proposed to be issued." . .
' 'Th'e report orthe Canal Commissioneri will
be laid befora yOu, and will e - xhibit in detail
1 the'eoriditiOn ()Idle 'nubile works—their gene
nil 'operation, and the receipts and expendi
titres frir the past fiscal ve..r.
The totatreveipts at the Treasury, from the
public works, for the rear eliding 'Noce/1;110r
30,1854, were $2,00'6,015' till, being an in-
C'rease over the revenues of the previous year
of - $43,1i:48 -95. Of this sum 51,e13.56 1i;
were canal and bridge tolls, and .. 4 .. 1 1 1 92,42ti 50,
tali-; of the Colombia and Pearls , e railroads.
. -Th e ' :aggregate .expentlititres fin' the same
;"air were $l-.91 - :-V9ii ', 2 2; being au i ne r eall o
t n , : er tu,,,e Of the previous year. of $1 0 5,105 si t,.
the re' oicties eke dine the expenditai6 onIV
sfi'2.l.l P 4, • •• -
• Jilt, increase' of thb revenues from those
•itertrks ettritturnging, tvere it hot for
the fticr that the expenditures have itterewst
Toja v'irgi'eat• - :rpriiptirtroti—the petaiitttres,
extrabrditturv,exhatiqting almost
re reventu , fro - in Nis' source. The ,
tent NOM he rieftH'etivi,' 6r more (Nice rind (Ton
eXiireised. ill its thati o ngiul t stit,
i•&..e..ipN at die .Tioasurc froth the sevt•
erit dttiWcitts 2 •Weie'as-loTio'vtrs,.rir. : •
Mai
T HAI:mon. North
Bratich
l)tiaware
- $1,'"29,'"r 1
Bra rich
42r,,Pq0 5 r `• I
119,9" '29
thepreynd'tcrsmul.gailling the eon
tideoce of the people, 'Whatever defects time
;toil experience minty develop, in this o r ' a ny
other branch of the .p.tem, should he prompt
ly corrected. flat until the necessity for
change is established. the .system, in its t i n ily
mot integrity, should be inaintaine4: nod if
changed, elnuoYed onlv to render more c ertain
the ace implishincitt of its uuhlc p trposes and
4•ts.
A sufficient number of competent and well
trained teachers is the great •s-vitist, of tli•t.
sv -
rein. In its stroctore "inn' ii"giiiiiiattion it; is
if not more so, than any of the sys
tems of our sister 'tares. nut the teacher is
wanted to fit e it proper vitality and efficiency
—to develowits true force and clue—to se
vitro the great ohie..t of its creation. tin, thor
oukz,!l edu c ation of the youth of the Common
wealth. How cat this waist he .4 UpptiVil ?
:u'' 4INVII(11 . 8tolie trained and provided
to meet this educational demand ? Most we
b.t depeudeat up et the training schools of
other States? Mast our system lie leopard
ed. an d it s su cc ess perill4, by waiting the
s h, w 1111 ,1 ima iii e d eff,,rts of voluntary associa
tions to furnish the much 'needed teaeher ?
Voluntary associations of common school
te ae l i ers have t n.compliOled much in their
disinterested and outdo ettirts to remedy this
• . hey arc worthy the 1.14-;11 -e-t elm
dathin--they deserve every encouragement.
They ean and will do more but unaided they
cannot aecomplish the ohlect desired. The
Logislatore most provide the remedy—they
can supply the deficieney. It should he ;lo n e
promptly anti etfeet (tally. Nu snliject of
greater interest can necupy your attention as
I...gislaturs—no one appeals more earnestly to
ditty and patriotism.
Ina former communivation to the Lop.risla
tore the establishment orState Normal schools,
fir the education of teachers. was urged as
indispensably nevessary to the perfeetion of
the system. With full confidence in their
utility and necessity, I a!niin recommend
them. These institutions, with their proper
professors, awlappliances, supported by tine
State, \conlist meet the Wants and elevate the
diameter of our common sehoids.
Teachers' Institutes, as auxiliary to Niur
mal Schools, when in 4 peration, and supply
hie- their place till established, should be aid
ed' by the State. One strh institute in each
county, meetin- annually, ander the fostering
care of the government. would he 1 -.lom :tir e
of most beneficial results. Whilst it would
improve teachers and prepare them for their
important and reltonsilitesinties, it would elf.-
' sate and dignify a profession too long ne g l ec t--
• ell and under-valved by those most deeply in
terested in their honorable labors=. These
measures. as also an addition to the annual
State appropriation for voi - mnon schools, in an
alumna iii ited ooly by the 'necessities of the
Treasory, would Bite eriergy to the system--
increase its eilielency—and thus promote the
• true interests of the people and the Comm on
wealth.
Unr educational, charitable and refortratory '
institutions have strong claimc vilion the
bounty of the people, coil I
cordially commend
to your care and liheralit
• The State Lunatic .Isylom at Harrisburg., '
and the Western Pennsylvania Ilospital for
the Insane, and. other kindred purp uses at
Pittsburg. are noble charities, and deserve
the aid and encouragement of the State. The
annual reports of these institutions will be
laid heron. , you, and will exhibit, in detail,
their operations during the past year.
The House of Refuge at Philadeiphia,imil the
'Western House of Refuge near Pittsburg, are
institutions of great excellence. and their re
sults elearly establish the wisdom of the pol
icy that founded and sustains them. They
ought not to he negleeted shotild the aid
of the Corummtwealth be NV . 010141 from them.
The “Dliii.l" :nil the "Dont' :Lod Donib Asy
lums" at Philadelphia : - -die P,.‘tuisvlsi
nia.Trainin,,- School f'or idiot and feeble mini.-
ed children: . are institutions that apl cal. in
sib net' anti sorrow, to thi lest and rarest
Itcliogc hi.azt, at. 10,1 aac yiur svra•
sanoon. •,
The militia law 4 - the State is imperfect in
many of its provisions, and sheuld be revised.
The cowers and duties of the Command er-in-
Chief should la. more clearly defined ; as also
of the other officers eonnected with the mili•
tart' organization of the Canmonwealth.—
This is necessary to nrevont a conflict ofjnris-.
diction with other depart mentS of the-govern
ment, and to give greater efficiency to our
mi!itarysystern. 'Volunteer eompanies should
be (imm raged ; ow- entire military system
mild he remodeled. and made to occupy that
honorable position trhich from is important.*
and necessity it deserves
Near the close of the last session t)f, the
Lerislature. I transmitted to that body an or
dinance passed by the select and, common
councils of the city of Philadelphia, approved
ho the May tr on the 7th of April, 1856 , , and
efficiaity commtmi,atted to me, ,proposing . to
convey to the Commonwealth of Pennsyiva
nia lot of ground in that city, for the pur
pose of erecting theta on a State arsenal.—
nt of time alone prevented action on the
propositit at then submitted. The, ground
thus offered to the State is Valuable, and its
location most eligible"for the purpose intend
ed. The conditions of the proposed grant are
favorable to the S a . e, and highly creditable
j to the municipal authorities of Philadelphia,
evincing ai liberality and public spirit worthy
of all commendation. 'I he necessity of a
'tate aryenad in that cit - is so ,t-ptarrtut-tlrr
subjects .needs'no elaboration in this comma
nieatinn. After the sale of the State
. nrstmil
in Phil idalphia the public; arms were depos
ital in an old building, or out house, unsafe
and unfit as a de..n , itory of public properly.
1, sun, of i;30,001) 00, realized fr an that
s ;s now in the Treasury ; and by the fifty
tifth section of an act passed the 19th day of
April, A_ D. 1853, entitled ".An Act to pro
vide for the- ordinary expenses of govern
ment," the Governor was authorized to
apply the same to the purchase of a lot of
..round audio the erection of an ttrsenal there..
00. This stun was found insufficient for these
rposes, and consequent:yr the object intend.
eel by the appropriation has not been accom
plished. By the cession of this lot, the State
will be relieved from the expenditure of' an
inoney for the purchase of suitable grounds - ;
and the entire sum of $lO,OOO 00 may be ap
plied to the erection of the neccss.try build
ings : to which stun can 1 .3 added, if defined
advisable, the amount that may be realized
from the sale of the arsenals at Meadville and
Harrisburg, as recommended in my last an
nual message. These $11111.4 would be amply
Sufficient to accomplish this object.
I would, therefore. again recommend the
immediate passage of a hill accepting the eon
v yance of the said lot of ground from the
city of Philadelphia, for the purposes and up
on the terms and conditions contained in the
ordinance: and that the sum of $30,0t10 00
be appropriated for the erection of it State ar
senal thereon.
. On the 6th day.of October, E 5.55, I approved
and signed a hill, ernitfed - An Act to repeal
the charter of the Erie and N orth East railroad
company, and to provide for the di t .posai of
the same." In pursuance of its provisions,
lion. Joseph Casey was appointed to take
possession and have the charge aid custody of
the road". Before posses , ion was taken; rip
,plicatinn was inside by the company, to one of
tin-judges of the Supreme Court of Pa., for au
injunction to restrain the agent of the Suite
from ti:_king possession ; and subsequently a
cautionary order %Nits made by the Supreme
Court, in bane. to stay procee l lings under
the act. The questions then pending befere
that court were determined in faior of the
Ceinnenwealth—the constitutionality of the
net sit tined, and the application for an in
junction refused. Possession %4f the road was
then taken by the agent of the State as direct•
ed hr law. - -
On the twentv-serorul vof April, 1553,
an act, entitle,i .',Vn Act supnleatent.try to
the act ineorporttin4 the Erie and North
East railroa I comp Ill y" was pai•sed. By this
act the Erie and orth EAst railroad, as origi-
Lally located au.]
and confirmed; and certain c iang+ s in the
road were directed to be made, and o,
to be done. by the company. It was also pro
vided, "that the Governor shall , rrea in posses
/ siert of the Erie and North Eac-t railroad, o n .
der the att of the sixth of October, 1855, until
the provisions of this act shall have been au
opted by 'a vote of the stockholders of the
Erie and North. Emit railroad et mpany, at a
'meeting called flu. the purr.ose - ." 1- 01 - Cilie - lif - -'
teenth day of May, 185+;, at a meeting of the
stockholders called for that puroose, tiCe-spro
vision4 of the act were accepted by their vote.
This acceptance. duly certified; was received - -
and filed in this Den:mole...Ea on the fifteenth
day of July last. Possession of the road has
been restored. twilit is now under the Care
and management of the company. A final
account for money received from the road,
whilst in possession of the State, 'will lo!` sets
tied with the company at the earliest practi-'
"cable period.
— ft - is-hut- proper, : to state tint sines.' the ac
ceptance of the act of the 22. d of April, 1856. a
Writ of error, in the eases adjudicated by the
Supreme 'Court of'Pennsylvariia. has been is
sued 'at the suit Of the romparrY the Su
preme. Court of the United States, and is now'
pending in that court.'
The commissioner first appointed bavink
resigned, A. K. WClure,Esq., was apfieinted.,
in his plaCe. The duties' of both officers were
ably and faithfully performed. Copie s: o f
their correspondence and reports, herewith
submitted to the house of Representatives,
fur the use of the Legislature, will furniSh in
fermation in detail on the subject now tinder
cOnsideintion. • It is sincerely 'desired 'that
good faith and, honesty of purposeliray char
acterize the conduct of this ,compai y in - r ibs
discharge of tbe duties assumed -li ae-'
eeptanee of the act of 22d (if April last, and
that this much vexed question will not again
disturb The harmony or -retard the prosperity
of the city of Erie, or any other portion of this
Corr - mon wea itik.
The resolution proposing amendments to
the Constitution of the Commo»wealth, have
been priblished as directed by that instrument.
It will be your duty to take 'such action in
reference-to these amendments as will, in your
judgment,.be most consistent with the wiAhes
oldie people. An appropriation will he- re
(mired t pay the expenses of their public.i
:ion. and to this your ear:test attention - is re-;.
que-aed.
The important duty - of districting the State
for the election of Senators and flepresenta:
_tires, will devolve upon you. This duty
should be p3rforme4l faithfully, and with strict
reference to, the interests and rights of the
whole people. Returns of tasahles, required
to he made by the different counties, have not
all been forwarded to thiS Department. as by
law directed. Circulars have, been issued 'to
the officers Chirged with these duties, urging
their speedy performance, and the returns
will, as soon as received, be transmitted to
you.
The elective franchise is the highest and
most responsible privilege enjoy,___.ed liy the
American eitiz. n. Involving in hs exercise'
the sovereignty - ado , people, and cons.tituting
as it does tl e -substratum of ur free institu
tions. it cannot be too highly appieciated or
carefully guarded. The hallot-lix. through
whieli the people speak their will. should be
preserved from viol:it:on at erery.linzaitl trial
sacrifice. Upon its purity arid integrity de.
petrel the existence of our republican goyer»-
men t. and the rights and privili grs Of the
izen. E‘ftry leg sl -tiler, whatever may I e Lis
political Aiinities or party - predilections, is
deeply interested-in this question.- Any
tempt to sully its !airily, or impair in. • inch o
cY, Whether by violence or fraud. should le-
sternly resisted rind s everely pun isfi Ille
gal voting, whether founded on forgery or yer
urviir hoth'; on false assessments ; or. filse
old forged certificates of naturalization. is an
that deserves the USt corol, nnatkii. •
It prevents an lionest expression of the pupa
!or will, corrupts tie sources of icg,itino , tEr
- lower and Inds/knee, an4l strikes a hvall Lloor
the cherish al rightq °FE -sewn_ These evili
ate alleged to exist in our large ritie:--t 1 e - •
rural districts of tl.e are comparatively
free frolll such corrupting abuses. A prin ed ,
oresfemive With the evil, should-be pi ori deg].
Every defence sl mild he thrown alound the •
billot-box, and whilst therights of it val t ors
should l e seeurt d an I prorevted, fraud in Cy..
er) farm should he pi el.-elated° arid puois bed
hetter a judicious registry- law, or some ,•th
er measure of irfrni. a tirs L ua le to the tier es
sit i v : o f the e a s e, Spiral he adopn d, is -refer- -
red to the wisdom of the Legislates r.
As oprin fell) this sti bject, the re - film
of the naturalization .ions—the - prevention,
hy,the National Government, u: the impor:
thin of foreign criminals and pa npent, Paul tt,
metre uorefu/., tighl . mittl'persorral-eXami nation,
by our-Courts, of all perm's ronvng he! ere
hear is -1 i at:4A ll r--adrptssiert-to-the-r-irlats
of citizenship, would, to „yorne elv..‘ at, eons., tt
esistii g abuses, and. relieve - the, ballot-box; -
from the pi ensure of corrupting and tilarsger
tilts influences.
To the' policy and arts of Natit
Government, afferting, as aey do, the rights
and interests of the l!onanoilwvai.h, the teo
ple of t'ae State cannot k inditlevent. Peinn=-
sylvttnia, occupying a high and eont.entatit e
position iv the , :isteehood tf Stqte• •
to the Outstitutit,n and the rnit,n, in their
integrity and harmony, has I;een, and will ev
er he, as ready to recognize the f gilts of her
sister States as to defend her own. Tht r.e.
sentiments she has, never al andoned—these~
principles she has never violated. Pledged.
to the maintenance of the rights of the north,.
as well as those of the soutl.—sinterely desi
rous to pet Mote the pent P, hatunuty
are o our %l Tr) e • t. ► Ary - -,
all ntion or clet•ire to juterfere with the
Conkitutiottal rights of the States, or their iick
meow institutions— the people of this
monwealth viewud with m and npprehl n-
sion the rrpeal of the Missouri ComT romit4
a o ruprotnise render( d sacred in public -es
teem by its association and connection with
the great cuuse of national hat mony and union
—rel.,;arding it as a palpable viol:ail n of, the
plighted faith and fmnor of the tition, and as
an unwarrantable attl tto std nd the insti
tution of domcstic slaters to. territories then
free. 'lbis reckless and indefensible at t of
our National Corgret•s, hat• n 4 t aroused
sectional jealousies and relleNN ed the agitation
of NC.Xed and . uistractit quest.ons, I at, ns a.
conse q uence, it I,:u filled .E ansys with ffand,
iolence and f-lri It Las "stained i;s soil with
and hr a sysilta of territorial I egis.latit n,
justly styh inieno us," has ranee freed( in of
speech and of the press, a felott, and periled
the great principles Jlliterty qua' r'ghts,
If the doctrine of •'-popular soveteiknt . )" is in
good faith to he ni plied to that Territory--if
the people thereof are to I e left -perfectly
free to Joint ttnd regulate tI ea tl4 tnestic IPS" -
tutions in their w.n way, subject only to the
Constitution of the United ~..tates," then the
obstruction - Of - the great National hifthways to
the northern enti gri ant —t he tin ploput ut t f
the Natitnal fore es, and tl:e sulAttsi , n cf
law and justice alike by the otlic ials in K an
sae and Washington, to force slit yet, upor.
unwilling people, cannot Le tuu stAcre:y lt n
deraned.
Freedom - is the treat centre truth 'of Amer
ican Republicanism—the greAt law of Ain,er
ie:.n Nationality; slavery . is the exception.—
It is local and section.*; and its eatt•nsion I'e
yowl the jurisdiction creating it, or tothe free
territories of the Union, was never designed.
or contmtplated by tae p..trivt foun(k.:s eau):
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